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Interlink Telecom Plc (ITEL) is gearing towards the next phase of its growth, with the aim of generating annual revenue of 5 billion baht within 3-5 years by offering more value-added services to customers, says chief executive Nuttanai Anuntarumporn.

The Excise Department is still uncertain whether it can extend the diesel excise tax cut under the interim government, says director-general Ekniti Nitithanprapas.

Rising household debt and non-performing loans (NPLs) are going to hurt listed companies in leasing, hire-purchase and finance because they are drag on the economy and lower consumer purchasing power, says an analyst.

The Board of Investment (BoI) has joined hands with the National Innovation Agency to encourage local startups to come up with new business ideas as part of efforts to promote more investments in the country.

In the third quarter, we believe the global economy will face three risk factors: economic slowdown, with inflation and interest rates remaining high; risks from tighter financial liquidity; and slower economic growth in China and emerging markets.

RECAP: Asian stocks slumped in line with global equity markets, which have seen their worst week this year, as a string of hawkish central bank surprises made investors nervous about the economic cost of taming inflation.

A crack in Thailand's tourism industry has become more apparent after the country's seven major tourism associations recently resigned from the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT), preparing to revive the Federation of Thai Tourism Associations (Fetta) in an effort to adjust the balance of power.

Kasikorn Business-Technology Group (KBTG), an arm of Kasikornbank, has established KBTG Vietnam as its IT hub to seek additional personnel to serve its parent's regional digital expansion and support the bank's goal of becoming one of the top 20 banks in Vietnam by 2027.

Japan enacted a law to promote LGBT understanding last Friday after months of debate, but for some activists, the discussions did as much to entrench existing discrimination as encourage more open attitudes.

Today marks one of the most significant days in Thai political history. In 1932, a group of young Khana Ratsadorn elites who were educated abroad took a bold step towards democracy on June 24, launching a revolution that transformed the country from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy.

As chaos and conflict seem to be the tragic trend in many parts of the world, a sad parallel follows that large numbers of people are fleeing and being displaced by the violence. The numbers are stunningly high and climbing according to the UNHCR: 108 million people were displaced at…